Bristol docks

• The history of Bristol Dox is one of begins grows, booms, industrialised, declines, and regenerates
• In the middle ages, Bristol began as a village next to a bridge. Brooke grew into a international port.
• Brigstow or the place of the bridge begins in the 11th century, when a bridge was constructed over the Avon river
• In the 11th and 12th centuries, the port develops in traded with Ireland and Wales
• In the 13th century, more space was needed to the river frame was diverted and dugout to create Saint Augustine’s reach which was finished in 1247 at a cost of 5000 this allowed more trade in particular with France trading wine
• In the 14th century trade continue to grow with Bristol merchants, trading cloth in France, Spain and Portugal, often in return for wine
• By the late, 15th century, Bristol merchants began exploring into the Atlantic John Cabot set foot in the north America in 1497
• In the early modern period, Bristol continue to grow, and due to its participation in the slave trade
• In the 16th century, trade with Spain, and Portugal grew as the cloth trade stops a lot more smuggling, occurring in the city on a large scale with most merchants trading illegally
• After the 1640s, Bristol began to trade with the Americas. Trading tobacco and sugar.
• In the 1690s, the London monopoly over the trading slaves ended. This allowed Bristol to become fully involved in the transatlantic slave trade.
• The transatlantic slave trade is also known as the triangular trade.
• Metal goods were taken to West Africa and exchange for exclave people. The enslaved people were transported on the middle passage to plantations where they were estranged for tobacco and sugar that was bought back to Bristol.
• The profits of the trade, the city grew, in particular, the Georgian houses, such as those in Queen Square
• During the 19th century, Bristol Dox industrialised to overcome its problems. Despite huge funding, the docs could not compete with other important sites.
• To deal with its title issues, William Jessup, signed and built the floating Harbour. It was completed in 1809 at a cost of £600,000. The Avon was damned at Hotwells in Temple, Meads and the river diverted in the new cut.
• In 1843 kingdom Brunel created the SS Great Britain.
• Metal holes meant, bigger ships could be created the horseshoe bend on the Avon meant these new big ships could not get into Bristol. Avonmouth docs opened in 1877 to sort this issue.
• Bristol ducks, industrialised to try and compete with other docs. Steam cranes were built in 1817, and the railway extended from Temple Meads to the docks in 1872.
• Despite these new industrial features trade at Bristol, docs was in the decline by the end of the century, as it could not compete with other docs with less problems.
• During the modern era, Bristol docks declined as an industrial door enclosed by the 1970s, the docs had a second life as they regenerated to serve leisure purposes.
• The dogs closed to commercial shipping in 1975 because they were no longer profitable
• Big modern container ships could not navigate the narrow menders of the river Avon, and went instead to deepwater docks at Avonmouth in the seven estuary
• Before the docs close, the dockers, who wrecked there had great sense of community, they had black books, which allowed them to work in the docs. The children were thrown bananas from incoming ships, and the docs organised coach trips for the dockers, and their wives.
• The docs became largely derelict in the 1970s, but regeneration began with the opening of Arnolifini art gallery in 1975
• From 1975 until now, the ducks have been used for trade and leisure, a good example, being the opening of the shed and whopping wharf in 2011
• In some ways, there are a Bristol docs has been similar to other ducks around the country, but in other ways different
• There are major similarities between Bristol and Liverpool docs. The Liverpool‘s river mercy also has huge tidal range and wasn’t important trading port from the Middle ages.
• Another similarity is that Liverpool as a West Coast port also profitably hugely from the slave trade In the 18th century.
• Like Bristol has the floating Harbour. Liverpool also bought something called the wet dark which solved the title problem, but it did this 100 years before Bristol in the early 18th century, allowing Liverpool‘s trade to overtake that of Bristol.
• A final similarity is that both Liverpool and Bristol started to regenerate their docks. In the 1980s. The regenerative part of Liverpool is called the Albert Dock a difference is that thanks to the deep waters of mercy. Liverpool continues to function as a trading port.
• Narrator Bristol Ava mouth doc are different because they are much more modern. They were only created in 1877, as a port for bigger ships coming up the seven estray. They continue as a functioning poor so do not have to regenerate.
• A quay is a dock, where ships can tie up load and unload
• A burgher is an important man with a roll to help run a town in the middle ages
• Saint Augustine reach was built in 1247
• The slave trade begins in 1698
• The floating harbour was built in 1809
• The Arnofini was opened in 1975
• The floating harbour involved the creation of the new car from Netham to Hotwells. This shows the effort that merchants went to try and solve Bristol tidel problems in the industrial period
• Bristol Harbour, Railway opened in 1872 this railway linked the docs to temple needs and allowed the transportation of goods from the city to the rest of the nation